The Sun. — London, England, 1808-12-14 00:00:00

NAVAL r li¢ E W .§. • PLYNTOU T DEC. Fio;enzo Frigate; •• ;, s. • from . the East 'lndies, 'with eight Sail , of - Indiamen iunder convoy; passed up Channel yesterday for the tiVer, The St. iiiortizo, 'Or; her passage,, Cap : . tured the Spanish Ship . . iirnando . Leptuno, Capt, Plano, from Laguira bound to Cadiz, laden with coffee,' sugar and hides,' not knoctr'„i'g, at the time, the stat e o f affairs between this country and Spain. The Spaniard arrived here yesterday. Arrived the Hoinung,' 'W ACHETT ) from Pal rtt9utb, bound to Rotterdam. , Sailed the Lille tie Paris, of It ti guns; to join the Channel Fleet. , Arrived the Harnburgh Ship. Oporto Packet, Capt. Ell..EL{B, from Tenerife, boind to London, three Weeks passage, put in to wait convoy. Sailed the implacable, of 74 guns, for Vigo. P ORTSMOUTH, DEC. ll—Arrived the Sir Sidney Smith, from London, bound to the Cape of Good 11 , ° Pe; Judith, from Dublin ; Cornwallis, from and Endeavour, from Sunderland. , 607 'TENBURGH MAIL. 2TOCKHOLM, DEC. J.—We have not received any intelligence from our armies in Finland, and must therefore suppose that since the late engagements, uhich obliged our troops to fall back on account of t enemy's vast superiority in numbers, no opera 11'06 of any consequence have taken. place on either 6 idt • : — (Stockltolm Gazette, Dec. 1.) STOCKHOLM, Nov. 9.—A Letter from Cadiz, of Ottoi-Jer; contains the following passage The Spanish Infantado, Princess Martin LOUIS, nd wife of the PRINCE of PEACE, a lady equally dis -linguished for her beauty and virtues, arrived here a days since, to express to the inhabitants of adli the gralefui sentiments of the Royal Family, for the loyal exertions mad e by th em i n favour of Ihit ill-fated and cruelly persecuted, branch. of the do use of B our b on . Th e Princess' presented her. ,elf : frotil the balcony of the Governor's house to the 4,l lbled multitude ; joining them in a Spanish song:" ST6, SPd4WSH PAPERS. .., . . Sums, Nov. 1-10.0 The Supreme Junta has re cOved letters Which have afforded its Members the highest satisfaotiori, and in which they wish this city, all Antfitittsia, and the Spanish nation in ge ia'era I; to participate. In the last G azette we insetted some of the ac . .counts transmitted from the island of Cuba, New - tp4iti, and Campeach W , to add, 1 ,144 i XI ihe Chiefs , Co y rporatiOn s , ,a e have now . to of vast e , territories, ha ve man ife sted an equal pa trioti4-n and ardour in defence of the mother country. Arnotig the numerous demonstrations of loyalty `r lr ibici? ha've taken place, we have More particulArly r,e iyaticed a Proclamation by the Marquis Da So -1.1411E,L05, General-Commandant of the. Island of C'4ba; and Governor of the Havannah. In this Pro lanttiorr, his Excellency exhorts all the people to scontribute tti - the success of the common cause:of P ain ,. by making as large donationtas possible, and I.nvittng OUr armies, the Young men to enroll themselves in ligiod. and fi ght for their King and their re, The French would now make us believe that their Idero 'JOSEPH is a perfect Adonis, endowed with li'etY grace s he dWorthy of all our affeetion. It may • be sb„,but following picture, which they have brawn of him in the Barcelona Journal, is not very seducing :--. cumbecambeif The Dia * rio de Manresa has stated, in one of its rs, th at his Majesty,' JosaPit J. is croo k e d , rs, acid humpback ed. Doubtless, neither 'the L 4ra ees of the b ody, nor any external accOMplish 'Atenti, ought to 'be regarded as qualities which ren der Princes objeas of , respea. tie can assert, how- I ' e r, that out Monarch is well proportioned, though i i t ; middle stature; and that to the fine qualities of 1: e heart :41d the head, which eminently distinguish ‘:. a --(1 , he joins regula r i t y o f f eatures, and a lively p r ima ri l i eeable physiog nomy . F or the rest; this part is known throughout all Fran ce , an d a great of Europe, and will soon be equally w e ll k nown in Sliain. 14 reply to In the 'mead time, enough has b een said the effrontery and falsehooa of the Diario de Natar e ta.''—rile This sin ?.h e Observer. fhoUght he'llatalr P a negyric shews that the Observer side.and the _. r ea son to apologize for both the ,in , olne tte of ?oi.tioic I - the brother of the great IN, A. , ' t Is said that this Journalist is a wretched . their P oet; larliont the .French have employed as heir translator.; "but be that as it may , we are cer- tain that neither the mind nor the body of JOSEPIr ate so amiable as they have been represented: We to not pledge ourselves for the truth of all that has .een stated in the public' papers respecting his in _(e. n:perance, &e. but the qualities of his heart, we thin, Were pretty clearly its by his answer f'lto the affliaed inhabitatita of the town of Sr. Au :,stin, which is recorded in. the Madrid Gazette. ,' ben these unfortunate people represented to him stated, that they had set fi re to their houses and their barns, 'alter making them 'maintain a number es for five days, he coldly replied, that they d acted according to /is orders. CO ,___. to --Rtf-ExdkAliGit,‘DEd. 1 4.--Thii day the h eap !llof Wheat is rather considerable, which is heavy s ales, , and at rather lower prices";• Barley in good -4131 Y, at little variation ;• Alalt is cheaper .;. Pease t a i liti kle anS, Of the two kinds, floCluate but little ; 2. er e are tolerable supplies of Oats, mostly from 11.111Coluthire, of second quality, and laSt prices are ic early s ,.°l 3l Ported ; previous to the close df the IClar e- On mlonday Flour N vas atlas t week' s prices, and. toUtiuues'so; 'OO6 oi.7.lNqu4Rk. i • tContinued /ram air Paper (1 Yesterday -1 Sir If. ''Biirr'ard 'having thus finished his ait?...ou t i t ... of the military transaalions foi which he was imtne.: diately.rdsponsible, th e D ep n ty .J udge% A d vocate read, , i one by ofte, a string of questions which had beefi previously sent to Sir H. Burrard, and to which the latter read his answers in writing, the most import. ant of which were as follow :--Tlte 'first-question , related to the account of the state of the army which Sir H. Burrard had: received on his'.arrival. S ir H. Burrard's answ e r. d escribed it in the ' manne r in, Iwhich he had already done in the paper which he had read, describing our army.as partiCularly de. , ficient in cavalry, while the artillery carriages were rather deficient, and there was a want of horses for dragging them. Q. Did Sir A. Wellesley expreSs a wish to pursue the enemy immediately upon ,the battle of th e 2 1st ? —A. He ce r t a i n l y did . Q.' What were Sir H. Burrard's reasons for not adopting this advice ?—A. Principally a want of ca valry on our part, while the French had about i 400: , cavalry. Besides, from a conversation ;with Colonel Carey, r was led to suppose that not the least de-. pendance could be placed op the Pot tugueso troops. We also understood Sir H. Burrard to say, that the. French appeared to haue a corps of reserve, which . -might have rendered the advance of our troops a measure of considerable danger. ' Q. What did you understand to be the amount of the French force in the anion ?—A. All - their dis posable force, which might amount to c ons id era bl y more than 14,000 me n. We had about 16,000. Q. What did you understand to be the amount of the provisions of the army, and of the ammunition ? —A. We had a supply of about eight days bread ; but we had not ammunition for any, long -consump tion. • Q. What was the nature of the ground over which the enemy were retreating after Weir defeat on the 21st The ground was - of a diffiCUlt nature for the advance of an army„ . and the positions which they occupied on the 22d were very strong. • Q. When did Sir Hew Dalrymple arrive' to take the command ?—A. He arrived on the 22d, between eleven and tw e l ve i n t h e forenoon; I then infortned him of my reasons for halting the troops; but I do not recoiled that he made any particular reply. A Question was then put by Lord Moira :—Sir H. Burrard has airstaciy informed the Court, that one rea son for his not advancing after the battle of the 2ist was, in, order to give the troops some refreshment. Does he not suppose that the French troops had un dergone as much tatipe in advancing to the attack, and during the action I—A. Certainly there was rea son to suppose so; I, however, mentioned the want of rilresinnent as one among a number,of other cir cumstances concurring, t o ren d er our advance utiad-; Visablr. . . Sir H.:Dalrymple .was then asked, if he had any question's to put to Sir H. Burrard ; he replied; he bad none. Sir A. Wellesley then rose, and put a variety of questions to . Sir H. Burrard. Q. Has Sir H. Burrard heard of the standing `order, that the army Should cook one day's provi sions previous to a march; and would not the troops have had such provibions in their havresacks ? . A. Certainly, if they rect-ived orders te,march. Q. .13,d I net inform Sir 1-1. Burrard, on the 20th, that I had given orders for the army to march on the following morning r:—A. I understood that it was Sir A. Wellesley's intention to have marched on the morning of the 2.lst, Q. Does Sir H. Burrard recoiled, that I twice pro posed to him, on the field of : battle, that the army - should advance in pursuit of the enemy ?—A. Yes ; if I recoiled right, you did. • Q. Do you reColled, that I proposed to pursue the enemy with Jive of the brigades;. leaving General Fane's and General Anstruther's,brigades in the po sitions which they occupied ?—A... I Jo rememher -the proposal; but I understand that the advance was to be made on the left, where the ground was very advantageous to the enemy, who were much superior in cavally. I also thought that General Fergusson's brigade was advanced so far as to •be in considerable danger. Several other questions were then put to Sir H. Burrard, by Sir A. Wellesley, but from the low tone in which the answers were given, we could not distinctly coiled them. The Deputy Advocate General then put, a variety of questions to Sir A. Wellesley. Q. Was there any probability, in yOur opinion, that, had our army immediately followed up the suc cess obtained on the 21st, the defeat would have been rendered complete ?---zA The enemy's left, which was engaged with our right, retired by a road which leads along the heights towards the vineyards. Their troops were thrown into confusion by the at tack. of our cavalry, and had we adva6ced at that moment, there was a great probability of their being completely rotated. Q. Was there any opportunity, in yotir opinion, of intercepting and cuttiug oil'spart of the French army ?—A. Certainly, I think there was : if the left tying had followed up- the plan which I suggest eeto Sir H. Burrard, I believe that many prisoners would have been takati both on the enemy's right and left. The whole , French army seemed to me in such confusion, that, giving them full credit for every facility and discipline in forming after being broken, I believe it would have been very difficult tor them to have formed again, if closely pursuecL Q. Wh en did you first propose t o Si r H. Burrard, that the army should advance ?—A: When the ene my were beaten on the left, I went to Sir H. Bur rard, ancl proposed to (tin] that our troops, should advance. 'I did not do this in the Way of renewing the discussion which I had with.him the evening be fore; but from a consideration of the advantdges which our troops had gained ; also stated, that our troops had plenty of ammunition and provisions to enable them- to advance in pursuit, without any ire= convenience ; and:upon the whole, I . urged it as my opinion, that our advantages ought to be followed up. Sir H.. Burrard, however, declined acceding to this, and wished that the arniy should halt on the ground which thertherfoccupied.- , At the time the 7 tst and Wed regiMents were - censiderekly' in ad- Vance, but in my opinion they were placed beyond danger by the support which'they received' from the . 40th and 32d segintent. ,Sorin after' my , hist pro polial to Sir H. : Burrard, - General Ferguson sent his -Ald , de-eatnp ) i elptany 1 1 ,1'ellish, , 10'41/brill' la of . . the great advintages_which he . ronceived would afisi from the adv ance o f hi s br ig ade ; in orrer to f o ll ow up the Success *hid' they had obtained. I'inirne-, Cliately .tctok COptain Melltsh with me to G enera l Burrard, tO.endeavour to.r..Vailifpoti him to per mit us to continue our advantages; but he would not comply. -. Sir H. Butt'Titan , then asked fir A. Wellesley, what - reason he had for supposing that , the French reserve.had been engaged in tlie battle of the itst.? A. I knew It from several6rcurnstances ; first, 1- myself saw them engaged; secondly, I collepted, from the information of several wounded prisonerS, that they had been engaged; and lastly, deileral Kellerman, who commanded the French repiv,e, told it toe, and that Junot attributed, the loss of the battle to the Impetuosity of the reserve. General Spencer was then called and examined ; and affela stiving the 'position of the different bri• gades of the British Army, Sir }tarty Burrard asked :him, whether lie had any reason for believing that the French reserve had been engaged: in the battle of the 21st of August ?—A. Not particularly the reserve. :•!• HQ. ad General Spencer any reason to believe that the whole of the enemy's disposable infAtrY had been engaged?—A. - I cannot possibly say... Q. Does General,,Spencer think that the horses. had sufficient strength to draw the artillery as far as Torres Vesiras, and there to take possessiOn of some adVantageous height The roads were ex tremely bad from Mondego Bay to Torres Vedras ; ,but upon a fresh or pressing emergency. every-exer tion would have been made to overcome the-diffi culties Which Might present themselves. Q. Supposing we had determined to pursue the enemy, bow many troops would it have been neces sary to leave behind to take, care of the wounded; &c. ?—A. *I conceive, that that would entirely de pend upon the _judgment of the Commander of the inrces, and the dispositions he should make. He alone was competent to decide it. Q. Did General Spencer not see the enemy's troops when broken, immediately rally, and get into good order again ?—A. I saw one line rally in front of Vimeira. Q. When did General Spencer first see that line ?—A. Atter the attacks on the. left and centre bad ce . s_d. Sir Arthur Wellesley asked whether he saw that line, after the atta k, which had been repulsed by the brigades of Generals Fane and Anstruther ? A. The line of intaniry to . w hi ch I allude;• I saw alter sottae part of the French troops had been repulsed. They wete in the direttion of Tortes Vedras. In' answer to a question whether he had heard of a reinforcement of British tri)ops which was to have' joined the ai my ont he et ening of the 21st, he said that he heard it only from general iepon, which had been circulated throughout the countr); but not ,be ing , contryunicated to him through any authority whereon he could depend, he . dirt nut think himself justified in believing it. Sir ARTHUR WELLESLEY,—Wa•GcneraI, Spen-, cer present at my conference with Slr Harry Bur rard on the evening ot,the, 2 ist., an,l - did he propose to Sir Harry, to continue the and avail him self of the 'advantag , -yObiainrd _by the army on tha , 'day ?-I.V. I was not pr sent Q. Did Gener'al ,Spencer, as my second in com mand in that actuin, consider the defeat 'of the ene my so, decided as to warr :nt our. pursuing them A. I considered the enemy to he completely beaten in the centre, and I could, with my divi-, sien, have supported Sir Arthur Wellesley in the pursuit. General FERGUSON Was next examined by Sir Arthur Wellesley. He stated' that be,was not present when Sir Arthur recommended the pursuit. He was with his bri ga d e . Sir ARTHUR' W.—Does General ' Ferguson re coiled that alter he received an order to halt, he sent captain Mellish with a message to,infortn me that I I would permit him to advance, he could gain' an important - a d vanta g e ? = A. I did send such a message. Sir ARTHUR W.---IDescribe to the Court Your rea sons for sending it ? General FERGUSON.—A' column of the enemy's infantry, consisting in my opinion of from 1500 to 2000 men,' was completely broken, and in confusion had got into a hollow, and thereby placed in a situa tion of being completely cut of f from the'main body by an advance movement of the corps under my command. • GL Did General Ferguson consider the enemy so beaten on the 2 1 St, as to render a pursuit of them advantag?ous ?—A. As they had lost all their artil lery, and were in the utmost confusion, it certainly was my opinion that our army should continue to ad- vance, Q. Did General Fergu so n p erce i ve any part 'of Ithe enemy's troops at the end of the engagement to consist of cavalry ?—A. I did not. Several bat talions Of their infantry occasionally halted, for the purpose, as I supposed, of carrying oil' their wounded. Q. W hen and where did you see the enemy's ca valry ?—.A. Their calvairy were the first troops that shewed themselves to our line. they in general appeared in small numbers, and the greater part of them seemed to oppose themselves to our centre.— In answer to a question put by Lord Moira, he stated, that the enemy made their last stand at the village of Braganza, whence they were dislodged by the 71st regiment, who were the battalion most advanced of the British troops.' They then went of in the ut most Confusion. Lord BURGEIRREII was next examined by Sir At- • thur Q. Was his Lordship present on the evening of the 21st , when I recointnended to Sir Harry Burrard to pursue the enemy, • and - follow up the advantages we -had aaiiied that day %—A. I was. Q.,\V-as you present on the (btlt, when I had a consultation with Sir Harry Burrard, and when I re commended that he sliotild . renew the plan of opera tiOns which I' had followed - up Co that motnent, and whenl - poitited- out to him tbeadvantages and dis advantages of bringing the' tibops under the cum-. mand .01 Sir Alm Moore from llondego Bay to join'our i remember, that on that occa, siren Sir cirtbur 'Wellesley riecomniened to .Sir Harry,BUrrird that .the army should move forward neit. day:- when they would be Soineir-t.he enemy,, that it . wovidlbe no- Joogef -donbtftil. bne of the two' 4rtilie•s'ltAlM attatt";:1110( bislio4l'6lWellitrit I 7 • ..., .:..'; :‘ .. - t . '., • ' `:. '-- ' . 0 liriiiiti . V..aul . ct ft6i ,Qn tbe_Offens.re, and (.it forte the French .to.a general: -engagtv,eiti;- nt . iiirfil 'inq .- . 1 posltions, and .dri% e theM low Lisbon:-',• As he, Cam, Arthur) was well •ai,-.C.itiain-ted:tvith• the gronl,. .i.v,e wished..to engage the enemy on_ it anti ile objecied. to Sir Harry Bt.n . rard'S waiting for the.arrit'l .et. :Sir, John 4ioore .with his :corps, as at -least ten days tnutt. have elapsed • before they.. ,could have ,4)e.?:otile iser- . .. •vicesible. ~. . . . , , ,-. ' . ,-•- : Q. Dom your. Lordship recoiled my having on MO glst urged, Si r B arry l lurrard on. the' field to con, tinue. the pursuit; and my tiqerring.to - our discussion of the preceding eveiting?--LA : I don't ..etnetniagc. the manuer in which Sir Arthur'Wellesley ' i3.l = es ' ed , it on Sir Harry Buii . ai-d, but I recoiled that lie,urged ' him to adiance our right heuet to Torres Vedraa , that ekening—and that if his opiniari.was taken,..4 .part of the enerny who had been engriketi would not be able to reach Lisbon... , Sir A RTI-1,1) aWimiiis Li 7.. y then said,, he vrould call other Wi tnesses to prove further, that he reco:n 7 Mended to Sir Harry Burrard to pursite the-enernyi• after, the battle; but after a short convet::;ion, amongst the M e mb ers o f theßOard;it•Was adjoutnecil till this day. This moping the Court 'was' not opened till half, past eleven o'clock. The Deimty Judge-Advocate read torne letters, referred to yesterdarby Sir FL, BURRARD, in his nariatite, which were of no ins. porta rice. Sir HAilaY ButteAßD thee put:some queitions to Sir ART/JUR WeLLESIAIi. The only two 'which, were material_ were, whether the FrenCh, cavalry patroled near tho British camp on the 19th of Au, gust ?. Sir ARTHUR answered, not on the 1 9th, but early in the morning'ofthe.eoth, when a dctach menthad been sent , to facilitate the junaion with. General ANST4UTITPR. The other question wan, whether an army of . 16 or 17,00 men could have marched; without its being known to the French,. in an hoUr Sir AR . Txtrit answered, that it 'was possible, .under certain circurngtanceS,, without its being known to the . French for two or three hoUrs. I POLICE, •, EdW-STREET.--On Mondaji'ayoung man, late in, (he emp:(y of Mess rs . L yne and Co.,eminent tailors, .of. Cecil-street, in the Stiand; as _their principal and confidential clerk, was brought in the custody of; Pearkes, troth Plymouth Dock, from on - board,a ship . 'hound for Arne:lea, charged with embeitling seve ral hundred pounds biAonging to his employers-. ln addition to the circumstances of.an embezlement. which were stated against him,' the Ranlier bbok, with which he was entrusted, had entered in' fit the sum of 1431.. stated to bltie been paid in, bul the figure of one, it was alledged, had been added to it. after the book was taken frod the Ranker's, and the Prisoner was Suspeaed to have done it. He w4O ordered to remain in custody. Yesterday Margaret Biziringlon, plias Rottlin; aline . Graham, alias Grimes, I was brought. betbre 'Mr. NARSS, and underwent a final examination, charged with uttering a forged register of John Rotton, l atex. soldier in t h e 87t h re6inient, with an intention to receive the money.that was due to him' at the time. hi was serving on board the Eurydice Frigate, under pretence of being his \ widow. She, appeared very*, penitent, and said she' *as indUced to have recourse' to her former bad pra6tices, as she was in want of money to pay her rent. She was fully cOmMitted fur trial, and the parties hound over to' prosecute.' WORSHIP SraßE'r.--On 'Mon'day John Lock. Thurston, lim. Lock Thurston, and' _Daniel Lock Thurston, three brothers, apprehended by Vickery • and Bishop, the Officers, were re-examined before Mr. MOSER and Sir Wsk. PARSONS, On several charges of horse-stealitig, 'in. the Isle of Ely, in the. County of Cambridge. The only witnesses then examined were, Mr. Hill, the keeper of . the Goat Inn, Forty Hill, Enfield, and Jasper Jones, his hostler ; they spoke to the three Prisoners coming to the Inn i on the morning of the 28th . of .Novein ber last, before seven o'Clock, with font._ horses, which were very dirty, and appeared to have been . , rode some distance, as one of them in particular was I much fatigued, and was obliged to be led. The Prisoners, when asked if they wished to plat , any que s tions*to the - w i tnesses, or give ,any account Of the horse s , very openly acknowled that they were the thr ee men who were at theged Goat as de sdribed, and said they could account yet'y well .for.' their posse s si on o f t h e horses; hut would decline it at present, as the Magistrates had intimated their,de fermination'to commit them for trial. As all'i he other witnesses had been present, and given their evi dence, on a former examination, and were bound . over to prosecute, Mr. Hill and Mr. 'Zones, entered. into a similar recognizance, and the Pri'soners' were fully' committed to take their trial at the next, Spring Assizes,' to be holden for- the ble of Eli, or the separate c h ar g es of Mr. Thomas Granger, Mr.' Edward Granger, Mr. Goodlifre,-and Mr.. Read, all of the I s l e o f El y, who ' haie, by the exertions'of Vickery and Bishop, each recovered his horse: The. Prisoners were remanded to the RousdofCciireetiori:', for further ex am i nat i on ; as it is supposed several' other. charges will be brought for Ward. The ar, very dece nt young men, and the oldest does not ap e pear to be more than 28 years of age. , Ad , old woman of the name of. IPebster,' who . wag' employed by Mr. Mitchell, of ChUrch7street, Shore ditch, to nurse Mrs.M. who is at' p resent lying-in,' was, examined on a charge of pilfering several ;arti cles, the property of Mrs..lVl.—She - was' committed'tor trial. .....' . • , ~..• . • tivrfo ir - uAßnEN.—Yesterdat W. . Ilatat mc i n ' a n d John - Silvester, very young men, 'were charged by a lady of the name,of P,eelings, of Battle -br ie with; stopping' her a, few eienings since,• at an' early' hotir,, the corner of Pear Tree-court,Coppiee-row, well, and and snatching from her p erso n . a.straw-bOnne n f and - veil, - value, 40s. and putting , . her in fear of her life.—Ab. aasociatc, whu turned evidence,-. with the fest iinony, of a : boy who saw . the violent proceedings: 01; the' prt'priers, indticed dlr. iNtigiitrAii:s to voulmit 16111:kir' tli4